Ireland Fab Operations (IFO) is made up of two factories, which were previously known as Fab 10 and Fab 14. Both these factories have been amalgamated and they are now operated and managed as one manufacturing organization.

IFO manufactures high speed Pentium® III and Pentium® 4 support chips using the very latest manufacturing technology available in the semiconductor industry. There are three processes operating within IFO, 0.13 micron technology used in the production of Flash memory, 0.18 micron technology used in the production of microprocessors and 0.25 micron technology used in the production of chipsets that optimize a PC's overall performance in handling graphics, 3-D images, video and audio. In lay terms, 0.13 micron technology creates millions of transistors on an Integrated Circuit (chip) the size of a finger-nail. The smallest feature of these transistors is more than 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair!

In June 2003 Intel announced the establishment of an Information Technology (IT) Innovation Centre at the Leixlip campus. The Centre has the global responsibility to research and develop innovative leading-edge IT solutions and technology. With an Intel investment of over €12 million, the IT Innovation Centre is at the forefront of demonstrating how information technology and Intel products can deliver new competitive advantage through the development of compelling new IT value propositions. A major influence in the decision to locate the Centre in Ireland were the results and competencies already demonstrated by the existing group of software engineers in Leixlip.

By the end of 2004 Intel will have invested over €5 billion in turning 360 acres of the Collinstown Industrial Park into the most technologically advanced industrial campus in Ireland.

Intel Ireland is committed to making a positive contribution to the community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Ireland has twice awarded Intel Ireland its Community Partnership Award in recognition of the company's deep involvement in local community. Intel Ireland has an excellent environmental management track record. Its Environmental Management System is accredited to the ISO-14001 quality standard and it is the first Intel plant to comply with ISO-14001.

Intel Ireland in Leixlip has a gym, cafeteria, an ATM, laundry and dry cleaning services, and convenience stores nearby. There are on-site sports courts, walking trails and even organized clubs, such as the Golf Society, football clubs and more. Special amenities include a daily Bank of Ireland office and shoe-mending facilities. Take a virtual tour of Intel in Leixlip, Ireland.

Leixlip, located in County Kildare, is a tranquil community of approximately 15,000 people located 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) northwest of Dublin, Ireland's capital. In the 1970's and 1980's, before high-tech industry came to town, the primary employers in Leixlip were a meatpacking plant and a light bulb factory. Kildare has a network of wonderful waterways, neat villages and rich limestone plains. It is a destination to savor where joyful people and beautiful places abound.

County Kildare is home to Leixlip Castle, with a unique gothic greenhouse, and Castletown, the largest and most significant Palladian-style country house in Ireland (built in 1722). There is also the Millennium Maze, a fully-grown hedge maze that covers approximately one acre with more than a mile-and-a-half of paths and hedges over six feet high. The Japanese Gardens, located on the grounds of the Irish National Stud, were created between 1906 and 1910, and are acclaimed as the finest Japanese Gardens in Europe.